Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Svitolina sees off Coco challenge to reach third round
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Ukrainian fifth seed Elina Svitolina made good use of limited opportunities against American teenager Coco Gauff to reach the Australian Open third round with a 6-4 6-3 victory o...
Feb 11, 2021
COVID-19 surge takes toll on Portugal’s undertakers
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Standing next to the sealed coffin of yet another COVID-19 victim in Portugal, funeral parlour worker Carlos Carneiro wept as the bereaved family played a record ...
Feb 11, 2021
German retail investors catch cannabis trading frenzy
By Danilo Masoni MILAN (Reuters) - Cannabis stocks were among the most traded by German retail investors on Thursday, signalling that a buying frenzy that has lit up the sector was spreading beyond it...
Feb 11, 2021
U.S. chip industry calls on Biden administration to fund factories
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - A group of U.S. chip companies on Thursday sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to provide "substantial funding for incentives for semiconductor manufacturing"...
Feb 11, 2021
A flat New Year for Seoul pancake houses as COVID-19 curbs hit festivities
By Minwoo Park and Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - On Lunar New Year holidays, Lee Soon-ai's pancake house in Seoul is usually packed with customers while others queue outside. This year, however, the "p...
Feb 11, 2021
Russian prosecutor issues warning over Sunday’s planned Navalny protest
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian prosecutor's office on Thursday issued a formal warning over a protest planned on Valentine's Day this weekend in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, saying...
Feb 11, 2021
AstraZeneca expects COVID-19 vaccine capacity of 200 million a month by April
By Pushkala Aripaka LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca expects to produce more than 100 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine - developed with Oxford University - this month, ramping up to more than 200 m...
Feb 11, 2021
Gaza burn victims get 3D-printer face masks made close to home
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Ahmed Al-Natour was working at his Gaza market shoe stall when a fire started in a nearby bakery and swept through a crowd of shoppers last March. Twenty-five peo...
Feb 11, 2021
EU close to sealing supply deal with Novavax for COVID-19 vaccines – sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union could sign a supply deal with Novavax this week or next for the U.S. company's COVID-19 vaccine candidate, two EU officials involved in the talks with the firm ...
Feb 11, 2021
Italy’s 5-Star members vote over Draghi as political crisis nears end
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement began voting on Thursday on whether to support a cabinet led by former European Central Bank head Mario Draghi, in what cou...
Feb 11, 2021
